WWE Raw And Smackdown Producers And Backstage News For April 10-14
WWE Raw Producers
– Rey Mysterio vs. Finn Balor: Jamie Noble
– Becky Lynch & Trish Stratus vs. Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez: Petey Williams
– Bobby Lashley vs. Bronson Reed: Adam Pearce
– Alpha Academy vs. Usos: Shane Helms
– Michin vs. Piper Niven vs. IYO SKY: Kenny Dykstra
– Kevin Owens vs. Solo Sikoa: Jason Jordan
Backstage News:
– WWE had Riddle’s scooter for an entrance, but it wasn’t used.
– Miz vs. Riddle was pulled from the show.
– There were several talent that were not at the show and told they weren’t needed.
– Dolph Ziggler vs. Tyler Bate and Nikki Cross vs. Zoey Stark were filmed for Main Event and produced by Molly Holly.
– Vince McMahon was not at WWE Raw. Last week he sat between Triple H and Bruce Prichard.
– WWE writers had to change a ton of things on the show due to travel woes.
– There was concern from some backstage with Finn Balor working against Rey Mysterio as he was said to be banged up.
– One WWE talent pointed to Solo Sikoa vs. Kevin Owens happening three times in about five weeks as a rarity under Triple H.
SMACKDOWN
WWE Smackdown Producers
– Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Paul Heyman, Matt Riddle, Bloodline segment: Jason Jordan
– Xavier Woods vs. LA Knight: Abyss
– Backstage segments, Judgment Day interview: Jamie Noble
– Santos Escobar vs. Damian Priest: Jamie Noble
– Women’s Tag Title Championship Ceremony: TJ Wilson
– Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Madcap Moss: Shawn Daivari
– Strowman, Ricochet, Viking Raiders: Adam Pearce
– Matt Riddle vs. Solo Sikoa
Other notes:
– Butch vs. Gunther’s dark match was produced by Jason Jordan
– Shotzi vs. Lacey Evans dark match was produced by TJ Wilson
– WWE is back to misspelling Ludwig Kaiser’s name internally
– Matt Riddle does still have “Matt” in his name internally upon his return.
– Internal live events reports indicated Smackdown as the highest grossing event in Lincoln, NE in WWE history
– Talent we spoke to who were at Smackdown weren’t informed of where they were going in the draft.
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